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Revelation: Full of Hope – Part 2: Hope in Battles – Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

by St James Lutheran Church | Jul 26, 2026 | Sermon, Services

In Part 1 of our Revelation series, we saw how Jesus spoke words of comfort and hope to the seven churches in Asia. This week, in Part 2, Pastor Tony Boos takes us into Revelation 12 to tackle the unseen, spiritual war raging around us—and the ultimate victory that is...

Revelation: Full of Hope – Part 1: Hope for the Church – Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

by St James Lutheran Church | Jul 19, 2026 | Sermon, Services

Revelation is often a book of the Bible we hesitate to open. Because it is filled with vivid imagery and symbolic language, it can make us feel uncomfortable or focused entirely on the end of the world. In the three-year lectionary cycle, we rarely hear sermons from...

The Seed and the Soil – Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

by St James Lutheran Church | Jul 12, 2026 | Sermon, Services

In the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13), Jesus uses a simple, relatable agricultural analogy to deliver a profound truth about the human heart and the power of the Gospel. As the divine Sower abundantly scatters His Word, it encounters four distinct types of...

Christ’s Invitation: Healing, Community & Restoration – Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

by St James Lutheran Church | Jul 5, 2026 | Sermon, Services

Drawing from Matthew 11:25–30, this sermon explores Christ's invitation to the weary and burdened. Jesus offers true rest, not merely relief from life's struggles, but the healing and restoration that come through His grace. As recipients of Christ's...

Absolute Priority Required – Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

by St James Lutheran Church | Jun 28, 2026 | Sermon, Services

In Matthew 10:34–42, Jesus delivers some of His most challenging words, declaring that He came not to bring earthly peace, but a sword, and demanding absolute priority over even our closest family relationships. To love anything or anyone more than Christ is to be...

Wages and Gifts – Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

by St James Lutheran Church | Jun 21, 2026 | Sermon, Services

In a world driven by performance, we are entirely accustomed to getting exactly what we earn. But when it comes to our standing before God, the economy of "wages" is a terrifying reality—as St. Paul reminds us in Romans 6, the wages of sin is death. Left to...
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